His Excellency Peter Truswell, newly appointed Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Sydney. He was accredited as Ambassador to Serbia in April 2025 and is concurrently Ambassador-designate to the Republic of North Macedonia and to Montenegro. Ambassador Truswell’s first foreign posting was to Australia’s Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, where he served from 2001 to 2004. From 2011 to 2014, he was Political Counsellor to the Republic of Korea, based in Seoul, with additional accreditation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), which he visited on five occasions. He later served as Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan, based in Kabul from 2019 to 2020.

Within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ambassador Truswell has held a number of senior positions, many of which have focused on strengthening Australia’s strategic partnership with India. Most recently, he led the India Economic Roadmap Taskforce, which developed new directions for the bilateral economic relationship and was formally launched by Prime Minister Albanese earlier this year. He has also served as Director of the India Economic Section and of the India Political Section. From 2021 to 2023, he was Australia’s Consul-General in Mumbai, where he helped advance trade and investment ties.

Ambassador Truswell speaks Italian and is the father of two university-age children.